It is with the heaviest of hearts that we are letting you all know that our precious Nancy (mom, Nannie), went to be with the Lord in the early hours of Saturday morning.

We were all shocked by the suddenness of an infection and her rapid decline over 5 days. We believe God was just ready to bring her home.

Nancy met her Savior in the same way that she lived her life; full of peace and pointing her family to God. We take comfort in the fact that she was overjoyed to meet Him and that now her joy is complete.

We cannot begin to thank you enough for the outpouring of love, support, and prayers that you all have given us through this journey. Nancy loved all of you and was overwhelmed watching the body of Christ come together. You will never know how much that meant to all of us. Thank you.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.”
(2 Timothy 4:7)

Love,

Al, Justin and Allison

A celebration of life service will be held at Briarwood Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, September 17th at 1:00pm.

Dear Prayer Warriors,

This is in no way my detailed update…I hope to do that later. I am so sorry for the silence of the past months, but i was unable to communicate due to the effects of treatment and the cancer itself. However, things are beginning to get a little better and my verbal communication is almost back to normal. Still, it is hard for me to gather my thoughts and put them in writing and there is so much to say. I would rather wait until I can do a better job of telling my story.

We are continuing to follow the treatment plan of California one week and Birmingham the next. Praise the Lord, we have seen an improvement in my numbers. On Tuesday I am having scans done and that will tell the real story of what is happening inside. Please pray that God will see fit to shrink the tumors and reduce the amount of cancer. Also, please pray for strength and energy as sometimes finding a solution to one problem creates another one. I have found that every medication seems to have some side effect for me and some days it’s just a roller coaster. Pray that God will sustain us with his Holy Spirit and continue to encourage us with all the changes I have experienced. I have definitely experienced less fatigue, pain and fluid build up recently which although not gone is still encouraging.

I very much appreciate each of you and would not be here without all of your prayers. I wish I had the energy to visit with each and every one of you, but between my fatigue and mental clarity, it has been difficult to stay focused for any period of time. I am confidant that God is at work in the circumstances we are facing and know He is able to do “exceeding abundantly beyond all we can think or ask."

Your kindness and generosity during this difficult time has overwhelmed me and I am forever grateful for the love you have expressed. And may you know that I love you too.

– Nancy

Hello Prayer Warriors!

Thank you so much for going on this journey with us. We covet your prayers and feel the prayer coverage every day.
This has been a difficult road to travel, but God has been so faithful to walk with us, and each of you have meant so much to our family. We do not underestimate the power of your prayers . Actually, this has been a much better week for Nancy in some ways including her just feeling better and getting a little appetite back.
We got back from LA Thursday night around 10:00 pm. This was our second trip and second round of the treatment they have for us. They are so professional and encouraging, and we are grateful the Lord opened this door for us. So we will continue with this protocol every two weeks for at least 3 more trips to LA. At that point they will evaluate how she is responding and make whatever adjustments to the protocol that are warranted. We are also grateful for the support and cooperation of our Oncologist Dr Ben Jones in Birmingham.

Again, we do not know what the end of this journey looks like, only God knows that, but we are trusting in His loving kindness and believing that all things are possible through Him. We continue to seek His complete victory over this evil disease.

Please continue to lift Nancy up to our Heavenly Father as she “sometimes gets weary” through this journey. Thank you again for fighting with us!

Blessing to all of you!

Hello Prayer Warriors!

Thank you so much for your prayers. Just wanted to share a quick update. We specifically asked for prayer about seeing a doctor in California. Well last night we got a call, and we have an appointment for treatment Tuesday morning at 9:00.
What an answer to prayer this is! Thank you so much for everything you are doing for us and most importantly praying that God would move on our behalf.

Blessings to all of you!

From Nancy and the Family

From the Family:

Hello Prayer Warriors!

We hope you are all well and that everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday.
We wanted to provide a brief update on Nancy as a few things have changed this past month. First of all, our opportunity with UAB is no longer viable. We were hopeful, but after all was said and done it appears that this was a little more out of the box than they were prepared to pursue. However, the opportunity with the biotherapy company is still a possibility. They are awaiting FDA approval for Nancy, so please pray that this would happen soon.

On a positive note, we have had some great success with getting her ammonia levels down. We attribute that to all of you who have continued to lift her up in prayer.

Overall, her scans last Monday showed the cancer continuing to spread. Specifically, it is spreading in the stomach lining which is causing Nancy great discomfort.

We still believe our God is a God of miracles. We ask that you would continue to persevere in your prayers for complete healing in her body.

We are grateful for all of you.

From the family:

As always, we continue to be grateful for all the texts, calls, and overwhelming support you all have shown our family during this time. It’s been a while, so we thought we’d give a little update on Nancy. The past few weeks she has had both good days and bad. Unfortunately, her ammonia level has risen causing confusion and extreme fatigue. We have been working with the doctors to get it down, but they said it could take a while.

In addition, her most recent scans done on June 10th showed increased cancer in her stomach lining. However, we were thankful to learn that the liver and pancreas remain mostly stable.

Even in the midst of pain, confusion and fatigue, Nancy continues to be her joking, lighthearted self. She has really enjoyed her visits from friends and continues to pray that God will use all of this for His glory.

We would ask all of you, her prayer warriors, to please pray that her ammonia level will stabilize quickly which would alleviate a lot of her symptoms. Continue to pray for complete healing which we have no doubt that our God can do, and also for wisdom to know the next steps we should take in this journey.

These next steps could include some procedures with UAB that would incorporate some surgery as well as ablations to her liver. Additionally, we are having discussions with a biotherapy company in California that is very encouraging. Please pray for God to guide us in the direction he wants us to take.

Blessings to you all.